Near the end of September, EA disclosed a $55 billion deal to take the third-party video game publisher private under a new ownership group including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, and the private equity firm Silver Lake. It's also the largest leveraged buyout (LBO) of all time, and it will require EA to settle $20 billion in debt. According to several prominent analysts, the fastest way for EA to reach that number is by shedding studios and selling some of them off. According to a report by Polygon, multiple analysts believe that BioWare is a prime candidate to be sold because of the studio's struggles over the last decade. BioWare's Dragon Age: The Veilguard fell far below EA's expectations, and the studio was hit by numerous layoffs in the aftermath. A much smaller team at the studio is currently working on the next Mass Effect title, which may entice potential buyers. EA is currently throwing its promotional muscle behind Battlefield 6, the first-person shooter that's competing with Activision's Call of Duty franchise. While that may mean DICE--the developer of the game's multiplayer mode--is safe from being sold at the moment, analysts suggest that could change if Battlefield 6 under-performs.Continue Reading at GameSpot

A Borderlands 4 dataminer has claimed that the game might have featured one of the franchise's most polarizing characters at one point in its development. Having dug through files for the game, EpicNNG uploaded their findings online. Warning: Spoilers for Borderlands 3 and 4 below After spending a chunk of time on Kairos, players eventually run into the Siren Amara in Borderlands 4 as part of their quest to find the villainous Vile Lector. Amara was the playable Siren character first introduced in 2019's Borderlands 3, but EpicNNG believes that the files they uncovered pointed toward players originally teaming up with a different Siren at this point in the story: Ava. Alright I guess we're gonna talk about it: AVA WAS CUT FROM BORDERLANDS 4 There are numerous files related to her in the game, more specifically outlining that she was completely replaced by Amara late in development. This means yes, she was originally going to team up with… https://t.co/QF8ESnQp0p pic.twitter.com/tBoVNJ8hpq — EpicNNG (@EpicNNG) October 6, 2025 The Siren-in-training made her debut in Borderlands 3, but over the years, she's become more hated than Claptrap due to her role in that game and her overall character arc. The files discovered by EpicNNG have several "Ava" titles, and Amara uses powers that are very similar to Ava's own Siren abilities that she inherited from her deceased mentor, Maya.Continue Reading at GameSpot